How The Midterms And Lame-Duck Session Are Pushing The Farm Bill To A Deal ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When Congress returns to Washington after Thanksgiving, members will be under pressure to pass a farm bill. The outcome of the midterm elections has changed...
Thousands Of Fire Evacuees To Spend The Holiday Without Homes STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Many people in Northern California are away from home this holiday week because their homes were destroyed by the Camp Fire. NPR's Elise Hu reports on how some are spe...
Migrant Kids Survive Hardship To Reunite With Parents. Then What? SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We've heard a good deal lately about migrant families being separated at the southern border, but most migrant children coming to the U.S. from Central America in re...
Migrant Kids Survive Hardship To Reunite With Parents. Then What? SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We've heard a good deal lately about migrant families being separated at the southern border, but most migrant children coming to the U.S. from Central America in re...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Green Book is a new movie that chronicles a prominent black musician and his white driver's tour through the Deep South in 1962. The title comes from a popular and essential guide that told African-American travelers where they cou...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In these days of polarized politics, there was a small sign of a coalition this week. Voices that range - and it's quite a range - on the left, from the newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, a democrati...
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, WIDOWS) VIOLA DAVIS: (As Veronica) My husband left me the plans for his next job. All I need is a crew to pull it off. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Here's the premise of Widows, the action-packed heist thriller from director Steve McQueen...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The sitcom king is back with a series in which both the sit and the com may be unexpected. Chuck Lorre, the mind behind huge hits that include Two And A Half Men, Mike Molly and The Big Bang Theory, has created a series for Netflix...
Judge Rules In Favor Of CNN, Temporarily Restores Correspondent's Credential ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A federal judge delivered a decisive blow to President Trump today, ruling in favor of CNN and the news media. Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, ord...
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DAVID GREENE, HOST: And it is time for StoryCorps on this Friday. Today, two Vietnam War veterans who lost touch after the war. Kay Lee was a combat medic from San Francisco. John Nordeen was a soldier from Seattle. They were bot...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Year after year, there are certain ways you know Thanksgiving is approaching. Election time has more or less passed. High school football is finishing up. College football is closing in on bowl season. You're debating people abou...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Trump administration says it is changing the way that colleges should handle cases of sexual assault and harassment. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is changing rules from President Obama's time. She says the old way was unfa...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: A king, a senator and a sultan will be honored at the White House this afternoon. President Trump is presenting the nation's highest civilian honor to seven people that also includes Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth. The president deci...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California is one of President Trump's fiercest critics. She has repeatedly called for his impeachment. And now with Democrats taking control of the House, Waters is expected to head the p...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some educators want kids in school to do more project-based learning - you know, where kids are given something concrete to do, like a history diorama or a project in one of my kid's classes where everybody in the class had to do...
